Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at GMU

At George Mason University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 81.61%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 22.13%, and the 2024 yield is 22.00%.

The number of GMU applicants increased by 12.89% (2,578 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 81.61%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at George Mason University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 79.23% and women students' rate is 83.55%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at George Mason University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	62.03%	60.05%	63.61%
2014-15	66.65% 4.62%	65.01% 4.96%	67.93% 4.32%
2015-16	79.73% 13.08%	77.00% 11.98%	81.84% 13.91%
2016-17	80.99% 1.26%	78.63% 1.63%	82.87% 1.03%
2017-18	81.32% 0.34%	78.02% -0.61%	84.02% 1.15%
2018-19	81.06% -0.27%	77.32% -0.70%	84.15% 0.13%
2019-20	86.74% 5.69%	84.37% 7.06%	89.05% 4.90%
2020-21	89.20% 2.46%	87.00% 2.62%	90.92% 1.87%
2021-22	91.00% 1.80%	89.00% 2.00%	93.00% 2.08%
2022-23	90.00% -1.00%	88.09% -0.91%	91.64% -1.36%
2023-24	89.00% -1.00%	87.00% -1.09%	90.00% -1.64%
Average	81.61%	79.23%	83.55%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 22.13% where the current academic year yield is 22.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at George Mason University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23.33%	25.53%	21.67%
2014-15	20.51% -2.82%	23.01% -2.52%	18.63% -3.04%
2015-16	21.01% 0.50%	23.74% 0.73%	19.03% 0.40%
2016-17	25.52% 4.51%	28.76% 5.02%	23.07% 4.04%
2017-18	22.59% -2.94%	25.80% -2.96%	20.16% -2.91%
2018-19	23.41% 0.82%	27.31% 1.51%	20.45% 0.29%
2019-20	22.18% -1.23%	22.97% -4.34%	21.46% 1.01%
2020-21	18.83% -3.35%	21.97% -1.00%	16.49% -4.97%
2021-22	21.00% 2.17%	25.00% 3.03%	18.00% 1.51%
2022-23	23.02% 2.02%	26.35% 1.36%	20.27% 2.26%
2023-24	22.00% -1.02%	25.01% -1.35%	20.00% -0.27%
Average	22.13%	25.04%	19.93%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 20,026, the average number of admitted is 16,327, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,591.

The number of GMU applicants increased by 12.89% (2,578 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at George Mason University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	20,805	12,905	3,011
2014-15	22,532 8.30%	15,017 16.37%	3,080 2.29%
2015-16	18,987 -15.73%	15,138 0.81%	3,181 3.28%
2016-17	15,548 -18.11%	12,592 -16.82%	3,214 1.04%
2017-18	18,993 22.16%	15,446 22.67%	3,489 8.56%
2018-19	19,557 2.97%	15,852 2.63%	3,711 6.36%
2019-20	19,554 -0.02%	16,962 7.00%	3,763 1.40%
2020-21	21,198 8.41%	18,909 11.48%	3,561 -5.37%
2021-22	20,527 -3.17%	18,680 -1.21%	3,923 10.17%
2022-23	20,001 -2.56%	18,001 -3.63%	4,144 5.63%
2023-24	22,579 12.89%	20,095 11.63%	4,421 6.68%
Average	20,026	16,327	3,591

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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